Main masterpieces:
- Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes (1654)
- Sermão da Sexagésima (1655)
- Sermão da Quinta Dominga da Quaresma (1654)
- Sermão do Bom Ladrão (1655)
- Sermão do Mandato (1655)
- Sermão Pelo Bom Sucesso das Armas de Portugal, contra as da Holanda (1640)
Historical period in literature:
Classical literature, Baroque period
The author's prose
Padre
António Vieira’s prose is seen as a
model of vigorous and logical style, where the syntactical construction rises above the baroque virtuosity. His wealth and
verbal properties, the paradoxes
and persuasive effects that even today
influence the reader, the seduction of his
arguments, sometimes the combative
tone, and also certain ironic subtleties, made remarkable his art.
Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes
Following disputes with the Portuguese settlers in Brazil, the Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes is an amazing document of the imagination, oratorical skill and satirical power
of the author, who takes
several fishes as symbols of the vices of those settlers.
With a remarkable
literary construction and argumentative,
the sermon aims to praise some human virtues, but especially to harshly
criticize the vices of the settlers.
Consulted sources:
Portal da Literatura Portuguesainfopédia_PadreAntónioVieira
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